Peter Happel Christian
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Education
M.F.A. 2003 Photography University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
B.F.A. 1999 Photography

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

  Foundations

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA


Solo Exhibitions
2008

Near the Point of Beginning, Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR (October)

2007

Dead Reckoning, The Art Gallery, Kent State University-Trumbull, Warren, OH

2006

Brief Notes on Existence, Tilt Gallery and Project Space, Portland, OR
Some Bodies: Water, Wonder, Wander, Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2005

Spring Cleaning: Brief Notes on Existence, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ

2002

Transmissions, Eric Washburn Gallery, Eugene, OR

2000

New Works: On Paper, Alberhasky Gallery, Iowa City, IA

1999

Making Stories, Checkered Space Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA


Two-Person and Group Exhibitions
2007

Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, NY, NY
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Room 139 (Tilt Gallery and Project Space), Portland, OR Curated by Stuart Horodner and Laurel Gitlen
28th Anniversary Art Auction, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ (invitational)
Forte, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
Accumulation Project: Part 2, Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
Collected, OPENSOURCE Art, Champaign, IL (juried, international)
Narrative Interplays, Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ

2006

Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, NY, NY
Flat Files Collection, Tilt Gallery and Project Space, Portland, OR
The Grand Canyon: From Dream to Icon, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (invitational)
Hot and Now: Nine Photographers, Gallery 115, Greensboro, NC
Curator: Noelle McClure, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Flat Files Collection, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ

2005

Accumulation Project: Part 1, Lunarbase Gallery, Brooklyn, NY   
Futile Feudal Guide, Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ (two-person exhibition)
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, NY, NY
26th Anniversary Art Auction, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
Vanishing Points, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ (two-person exhibition) 
Arizona Biennial 05, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (Juror: Siri Engberg, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN)

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Curatorial Experience
2007

Narrative Interplays, Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ


Awards/Honors
2007-08

Research Professorship, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH

2007

University Research Council Grant, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH

2005

Individual Artist Grant ($600), Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ

2001-03

Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

2003

Featured Artist, Inside Oregon: Exploring the Arts and Design, University of Oregon Alumni Association, Eugene, OR

2002

David McCosh Merit Scholarship ($500), Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

1999

Dean’s List, College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

1995

Foundations Scholarship (Full Tuition Waiver), Department of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA


Presentations/Publications/Service to the field
2007

Artist Talk, “Forte,” McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
Gallery Talk, “Dead Reckoning,” The Art Gallery, Kent State University - Trumbull, Warren, OH
Paper Presentations (Near the Point of Beginning) and Panel Participant (Unnatural Landscapes), Southeastern College Art Conference, Charleston, West Virginia
Portfolio Reviewer, 44th Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Miami, FL

2006

Juror, Places and Spaces exhibition, President’s Gallery, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
Image Maker Presentation: “Brief Notes on Existence”, Photography’s Future: A New Pluralism, 43rd Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Chicago, IL
Portfolio Reviewer, 43rd Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Chicago, IL

2005

Artist Talk, “Vanishing Points”, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
Artist Talk, “Brief Notes on Existence”, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
Image Reproductions, Editorial Imagery, ALARM magazine, Alarm Press, Chicago, IL, Issue 19, Winter 04/05.

2004

Artist Talk, “Mapping a Mistake”, The Journal of Creative Geography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Image reproductions and short essay, You Are Here: The Journal of Creative Geography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, July 2004, 39.

2003

Panel Discussion, “The Academy and Art-Making”, University of Oregon - MFA 2003, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR
Artist Talk, “Peter HappelChristian and Christopher Rothermel”, University of Oregon - MFA 2003, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR
Artist Lecture, “Here and There: Tracing a Line”, Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Artist Talk, “Here and There”, University of Oregon Alumni Association, Eugene, OR

2002

2001 Lecture, “Baudrillard and Photographic Culture” Photography Department, Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

2001

Artist Lecture, “Working within the History of Photography”, Art History Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR


Bibliography

“Peter HappelChristian (Brief Notes on Existence),” Exhibition listed as “highly recommended” in Visual Arts section, Portland Mercury, vol. 7, no. 23, Nov. 2, 2006.
“The Accumulation Project,” www.ducts.org, Issue 17, Summer 2006.
Keith Buckner, “Nine Ways of Looking Through a Lens,” www.gotriad.com, April 06 2006.
Dave Ricker, “Local Photographer Searches for Dust Bunnies at Superior Court,” Minute Entry, Vol. 5, Issue II, Nov. 2005, 2.
Margaret Reagan, ''Rebirth Again'', show review for Vanishing Points, Tuscon Weekly, Sept. 1, 2005.
Joan Schuman, “Drawn to Draw,” Tucson Weekly, Vol. 20, No.41, December, 2003, 25.
Anne Marie Russell, “Drawn”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, November, 2003, exhibition catalogue.
Kathryn Hixson, “Juror’s Statement – 13th Annual Art Competition,” [ website ], Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, March, 2003.


Collections

Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
D. Scott Baker, Tucson, AZ
Flat File, Tilt Gallery and Project Space, Portland, OR
Flat File, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
Singularity Productions, New York, NY
Leigh Bradford and Nick Hotek, Iowa City, IA


Professional Affiliations

College Art Association
Society for Photographic Education
Artists Space, New York, NY


Websites

www.peterhappelchristian.com
www.accumulationproject.org (listed under “Dust”)
www.tiltpdx.com (November 2006 Archive, Flat File) www.dinnerwarearts.com (“Vanishing Points” exhibition, Flat File)
www.artistsspace.org (Artists File Online)
www.ysu.edu (Dept. of Art)


Academic Employment
2007-

Photography Program Coordinator, Department of Art, Youngstown State University

2006-

Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH

2004-06

Adjunct Instructor, School of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2004-06

Adjunct Instructor, Humanities Department, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ

2004-05

Studio Faculty, Photography/Visual Arts, Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, AZ

2003

Adjunct Instructor, Creative Arts Division, Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ